Where veterans work after completing military service

LinkedIn Corp. has nearly a half-million members who list U.S. military service on their profiles. So for Veteran’s Day, the professional social networking service released information it found after digging into its data to find what occupations military veterans gravitate toward after completing their tours of duty.

LinkedIn said the top 10 industries “in terms of the total number of LinkedIn members currently working in that industry” were information technology, telecommunications, financial services, law, computer software, government, higher education, health care, retail and management consulting.

The industries where there were the highest concentrations of veterans included security and investigations, computer and network security, law enforcement, aviation/aerospace, government and law.

“The disproportionately high share of veterans in each of these industries suggests that veterans also look into directly transferring their military skill set into one of the above-related professions,” LinkedIn data scientist Scott Nicholson said in a blog post.

And here is a map that shows the top 10 U.S. metropolitan areas that have the best networking opportunities for veterans.

“When we looked at some of the trends around military professionals ere in the U.S., we knew this was information that could help veterans figure out what other careers and opportunities are available to them,” said DJ Patil, LinkedIn’s chief data scientist.